Mistakes abound on telephone-tax refund requests.

Early tax returns show individuals are making basic mistakes when requesting the telephone excise tax refund, requesting excessive amounts, which the IRS will deny, and many are missing out altogether.

Get tips for requesting the telephone excise tax refund at www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=167425,00.html.

More information on the refund can be found at www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=164032,00.html.

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Title Annotation:	EXCISETAXREFUNDTIPS
Publication:	California CPA
Date:	Mar 1, 2007
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